Thyroid abscess due to a mixed anaerobic infection with Fusobacterium mortiferum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6202-6204

  Stavreas, Nikolaos P ^a   Amanatidou, Constantina D ^a   Hatzimanolis, Emmanuel G ^a   Legakis, Ioannis ^a   Naoum, George ^a   Lakka Papadodima, Elli ^a   Georgoulias, George ^a   Morfou, Panagiota ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^b  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PREDNISONE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM MORTIFERUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; ODYNOPHAGIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID GLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM MORTIFERUM;

EID: 30744470411     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6202-6204.2005     Document Type: Article

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